Roland Barthes
Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher and semiotician. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Barthes (pronounced BART) was born in Cherbourg, Manche. His father died while Barthes was young, and he and his mother moved to Paris in 1924, his mother working as a bookbinder. Barthes studied at the Sorbonne. In 1934 he became infected with tuberculosis. He was in sanitoriums but, during intermissions in the illness, between 1939 and 1949 he taught in schools at Biarritz, Bayonne, Paris, and Bucharest. From 1949 he moved into teaching in higher education. In 1980, he met his death on a Parisian street, run over by a laundry van. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
1915: 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).... March 25: March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). There are 281 days remaining.... 1980: 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday.... Roland Barthes related Images and Photos (experimental)
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